Posted on 04/08/2024 9:19:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
“If two hundred EVs hooked up at once, it would take days to charge them.”
This project is going to have a dedicated 32K or 64,000 volt triple phase service to a local substation. 200 chargers is 50 megawatts that is only 781 amps split across three phases of HVAC the standard 1000MCM aluminum wires that run between a large industrial load and a substation handle that with ease. Industrial loads are measured in megawatts their power is also priced in megawatt hours they have a different demand structure than residential or even large commercial loads. I would be surprised if they pay more than $40 a megawatt hour for power at any other time than peak hours. Tesla probably will install a few shipping container sized megapacks to smooth out the peak loading curves. The going rate for a V3 supercharger for not Model S users is 43 cents per kWh at 250kw those chargers each have a hourly revenue rate of $107 and all 200 of them is $21,500 per hour of gross revenue. In a 8 hour day that’s a $172,000 per day revenue potential. <<<this is why Tesla is in the charger game. Those chargers will be open 24/7 no 8 hours but you plan on less than 100% utilize rate. The payback period in a Tesla supercharger is measured in months even with the grid tie and pad transformer costs. Tesla makes the charger in house so they only have to buy the grid tie and the pad transformer.
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